Wide-ranging group of U.S. officials pursues Trump’s fight against ‘Deep State’
WASHINGTON — A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including U.S. intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Donald Trump’s drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort. The Interagency Weaponization Working Group, which has...
Appellate judges question moves to keep Alina Habba in place as top New Jersey prosecutor
PHILADELPHIA — Federal appeals court judges on Monday questioned the Trump administration’s maneuvers to keep the president’s former lawyer, Alina Habba, in place as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor. The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia didn’t immediately issue a ruling after the...
Authorities say remains found in Philadelphia are of missing woman Kada Scott
Remains found buried in a wooded area behind an abandoned school are those of Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman who had been missing for about two weeks, prosecutors in Philadelphia said Monday. Authorities said an anonymous tip led police back to the area they previously searched and they found the...
Demolition begins at White House to make way for Trump’s new ballroom
Construction began on President Donald Trump’s new $250 million White House ballroom with workers demolishing part of the East Wing ahead of building a 90,000-square-foot addition, one of the biggest changes to the presidential residence in decades. Images show a backhoe tearing into the side of the East Wing facing...
Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta’s airport arrested in terminal following a tip, police say
ATLANTA — Police arrested a man at Atlanta’s bustling airport on Monday after getting a tip from his family that he was planning to shoot up the place, and found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck outside, the city’s police chief said. Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia,...
Ex-FBI director James Comey seeks dismissal of charges, cites vindictive prosecution
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against him, arguing that the U.S. attorney who brought the case was unlawfully appointed and that he is being unfairly targeted because of President Donald Trump’s “personal spite” against him. “The indictment in...
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical...
U.S. appeals court lets Trump send troops to Portland
A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales. A...
Canvas, Instacart, Verizon, Fanduel, Snapchat, Venmo down. What is Amazon Web incident?
Major websites and popular apps were down and unavailable Monday, Oct. 20, due to an Amazon Web Services outage, or AWS incident. The disruption forced Verizon phones into “SOS” mode, and downed apps and impacted schools and teachers with the online platform Canvas by Instructure down, as well as Zoom,...
U.S. and Australia sign critical minerals agreement, discuss submarine deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a rare earths and critical minerals agreement on Monday aimed at ensuring a steady supply of the materials at a time when China is trying to tighten control over global supply. As they met at the White House...
Trump wants to ‘end’ largest U.S. infrastructure project, a tunnel between NY and NJ
NEW YORK − The nation’s largest infrastructure project has drawn President Donald Trump’s ire in his latest fight with congressional Democrats. Trump has vowed to end the Gateway tunnel project meant to expand train service between New York and New Jersey along the nation’s busiest rail corridor. The project −...
Government shutdown on verge of tying 2nd longest, with no end in sight
WASHINGTON ‒ The federal government shutdown rolled on to its 20th day on Monday as a resolution remained elusive amid a bitter stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in Congress. If the shutdown reaches 21 days, it will tie the 1995-1996 standoff during the Bill Clinton presidency as the second longest...
Zelenskiy paints meeting with Trump as a success, touts Patriot missiles
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy painted his meeting last week with President Donald Trump as a success that yielded progress on acquiring new air defense systems, a contrast from reports that Trump had berated him with obscenities in the White House. In comments made to media on Sunday initially...
Gallery: Photos from Oct. 20, 2025
Take a trip through Western Pennsylvania — and beyond! Join TribLive’s photo adventure, where every snapshot tells a story. From the rolling hills and rustic charm of Western Pa. to far-flung corners of the world, this collection captures the little sparks of humanity that connect us all. Think of it...
Supreme Court to weigh law barring drug users from owning guns
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration in a case out of Texas to defend a federal law that bars users of illegal drugs from owning guns - one of the statutes under which former President Joe Biden’s son...
VP JD Vance is charged with keeping Trump’s Gaza peace deal alive. Can he succeed?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s top messenger, Vice President JD Vance, will travel to Israel and is expected to try and rein in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while seeking to prevent the collapse of a week-old peace deal hailed as a coup for the United States in ending a brutal...
Civilians in Sudan’s al-Fashir cower from drones as siege worsens hunger
LONDON — Residents of Sudan’s besieged city of al-Fashir have been taking refuge in underground bunkers to try to protect themselves from drones and shells after intensifying attacks on displacement shelters, clinics and mosques. Famine-stricken al-Fashir is the Sudanese army’s last holdout in the vast, western region of Darfur as...
Mediators step up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
CAIRO/JERUSALEM — Israeli fire killed three people near a ceasefire line in Gaza on Monday, medics said, with U.S. envoys expected in Israel to try to push forward the fragile truce that faced its gravest test so far over the weekend. A Palestinian official close to ceasefire talks said efforts...
Cargo plane slides off runway in Hong Kong, killing 2 airport staff
HONG KONG — Two Hong Kong airport security staff were killed early Monday after a cargo plane from Dubai skidded off the runway on landing, collided with their security patrol vehicle and pushed it into the sea, the city’s airport operator said. The Boeing 747 involved in the deadliest airport...
FBI launches probe into hunting stand with sight line of Air Force One, Trump
PALM BEACH, Fla. – The FBI is leading an investigation into a hunting stand that was found with a direct line of sight of where President Donald Trump exits Air Force One, authorities said. In an Oct. 19 statement on X, FBI Director Kash Patel said U.S. Secret Service agents...
Shrapnel fell onto CHP vehicle during U.S. military live-fire exercise over I-5, agency says
The U.S. military demonstration that shot live-fire artillery rounds over Interstate 5 on Saturday dropped metal shrapnel on a California Highway Patrol vehicle, resulting in damage, agency officials said Sunday. The CHP said that the shrapnel was from an explosive ordnance that was fired over Interstate 5 and “detonated overhead...
Search for Kada Scott leads investigators to shallow grave in Philadelphia
Police in Philadelphia discovered human remains in their search for Kada Scott, a missing woman who was last seen leaving the nursing home where she worked about two weeks ago. John Stanford, deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, said at a news conference that investigators discovered human remains in...
Reports: Homeland Security buying 2 private jets for Kristi Noem’s use
The Department of Homeland Security is buying a pair of private jets for Secretary Kristi Noem’s travels as she represents President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts across the country, according to media reports. The two Gulfstream jets are being purchased through the Coast Guard, which requested one jet in its...
Excerpt of Virginia Giuffre book released, co-author describes abuse as ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
An excerpt from the forthcoming memoir from Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, was released by CBS News on Sunday. The released portion of the memoir details a 2021 trip Giuffre took to the Louvre Museum as she prepared to testify against French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel in a...
Ukrainian drones strike major Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to trade land for peace
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump meanwhile suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange...
